Time for an Update!

This is almost the final product...I'm just missing some accessories for in the coffee bar. I'm still debating on what to use.

Ran into a small problem when I started painting patches on the wall trying to fill old holes...luckily I found the real paint soon after this.

Love this pitcher, but it was $35 so I didn't buy it. I might be going back for it. I did buy a small bowl & a serving bowl.

Pacino immediately went and sat in the hole like I thought he would. This thing was heavy to carry up the stairs!

When you're stranded in Ames, you drink iced tea & root beer at the bar!

I'm obsessed with tiny houses. I wish we could've gone into this one, even though it isn't set up like a house--it's a shop that the current people sold things out of.

This is the best breakfast ever at Panera--asiago cheese bagel & an iced mocha.

This was a crazy little antique store in Boone. It was a little freaky going down those stairs.

We had an all-school assembly to dedicate our outdoor classroom. I love this picture!

Pacino has only uprooted the plants 3 times, so I think that's good.

Coffeesmith's is selling out to a chain called Scooters, and I'm pretty disappointed. I had to stop for coffee last week before school.

Fruitzen is everything to me.

A bird pooped on me at the Houby Days while I was eating my not-Fruitzen snow cone. It was a terrible experience all around.

We were excited at first! But we had to eat these snow cones with a straw and a fork. And I got pooped on. 

This was a fun recess game.

Pacino was using my feet as a pillow.

Last weekend I picked up a Casey's pizza on my way home, which was the best choice I'd made in awhile.

This picture makes me laugh so hard. We were using the green screen and wanted the books to appear to be flying.

We celebrated Pacino's 4th birthday last week. Luckily, a lot of my friends got me cat toys for my birthday, so I didn't have to buy him anything!

I love this coffee cup. 

Lotta Green

Took a little bike ride today. It's nice to be able to ride a few miles north and find so much green & some water! Feels like being in the country. 

I bought these 4 dishes for $2.42 at an antique shop in Mt. Pleasant, then found some great succulents at Lowe's to plant inside of them. I think they turned out pretty good! Now we'll find out if they stay alive....or if Pacino gets to them first. I think I'm going to take two of them to school, so that might help with the Pacino factor.

We went to see The Little Mermaid Saturday night at Theater Cedar Rapids. It was really good! They have a few other shows I'm hoping to go to this year, including Sister Act, Beauty & the Beast, and Peter Pan.

Cousin photo at Bailey's graduation party. Just missing the two little ones.

Me & the graduation girl!

Google took me a STRANGE way to get down to Bloomfield. Thankfully it didn't take me the same way on the way home. It was a little scary.

Pacino in a bag.

Pacino greeting me like he does every day.

Pacino climbing my new $400 tv...this is his newest hobby. I wonder if the plants or the tv will go first?

Tech, Cats, School

The preschoolers made me this tootsie pop bouquet for teacher appreciation week. They are so sweet!

It was just gorgeous outside yesterday, so we went outside to read. Our new pergola isn't quite finished, but we used it anyway!

This popped up on my Timehop. It was 3 years ago. It's one of my favorite pictures of Pacino, it it made me realize how much he's grown up since then. He still causes trouble, but not nearly as much! 

I went to a class on Wednesday where we had to make a duck out of Legos. Here's my shouting duck!

A 2nd grader drew these pictures of me and my coffee. Haha! They know me pretty well.

We had to cut a robot out of a girl's hair at the tech expo this week. That is something I've never had to do before!

Pacino actually let me sleep in past 7 last weekend! Both days! It was great. I think he enjoyed it just as much as I did.

Boring, Rainy Week

Well, it has rained all week which has lead to a pretty uneventful time here. 

Pacino didn't want to get out of bed this morning...and maybe neither did I!

Biked 12 miles last Sunday. My legs weren't into it too much. 

Started volleyball last Sunday, too. Thankfully it was nice Sunday night. Tuesday & Wednesday were pretty miserable for volleyball, but we played anyway.

Also bought some plants last Sunday after church. Got a tomato plant, some pepper plants, and another mint plant because I wasn't sure if the one I already had was going to make it. It seems to be back to life now, but all the plants could use some sunshine. So could I!

Pacino was watching some birds and making STRANGE noises. He always does this when he sees birds.